VA - London Is the Place for Me 1-8 [2002-2019] (8 x CD's)

CALYPSO MAGIC

VA - London Is the Place for Me 1-8 [2002-2019] (8 x CD's)

''Long before there was reggae, or even ska, the official soundtrack of black Britain was calypso. Not just records coming from "back home" into newly-arrived immigrant communities, but a genuine London/Port Of Spain hybrid with some of the Caribbean's greatest entertainers composing songs about Lyon's Corner Houses, riding on the Underground, nosy landladies and--of course--the British weather. Calypso provided a vibrant, exciting, often hilarious commentary on 1950s London life. This music couldn't have happened anywhere else, and yet it is customarily forgotten. Until now, that is. Honest Jon's has unearthed recordings by the likes of Lord Kitchener, Lord Beginner and The Lion and put them together as London Is The Place For Me. A timely reminder, in such proximity to the 40th anniversary of Jamaican independence, that 50 years ago the voice of Britain's West Indian communities had a distinctly Trinidadian lilt. Spin a few of these tunes and you'll find out as much about life in those days as you could from any textbook--and you can dance to them.''

So these releases are is a timely reminder that (as Bob Dylan also demonstrated subsequently) there is more to life than romance and sex and can be much more to lyrics than the "love" and lust that preoccupies most commercial music. (Graham Colombé)

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Track lists

CD1    Trinidadian Calypso In London, 1950 - 1956

01    Lord Kitchener    London is the Place for Me    2:45
02    Young Tiger    I Was There (At the Coronation    2:45
03    Lord Beginner    Mix Up Matrimony    3:19
04    Lord Kitchener    My Landlady    2:42
05    Lord Kitchener    Kitch's Bebop Calypso    2:44
06    Lord Beginner    Victory Test Match    3:02
07    Lord Kitchener    Birth of Ghana    2:52
08    Trinidad - Lord Invader    Aguiti    2:48
09    Lord Beginner    Jamaica Hurricane    3:06
10    Lord Kitchener    Kitch in the Jungle    3:21
11    Mighty Terror    No Carnival in Britain    3:07
12    Lord Kitchener    The Underground Train    2:59
13    Lord Beginner    Housewives    3:02
14    Lion    Some Girl Something    2:27
15    Lord Kitchener    Saxophone No. 2    2:58
16    Lord Beginner    Fed-A-Ray    2:42
17    Timothy    Bulldog Don't Bite Me    2:11
18    Lion    Spanish Calypso    2:36
19    Lord Kitchener    If You're Not White You're Bla    3:01
20    Lord Kitchener    Sweet Jamaica    2:47

CD2    Calypso & Kwela, Highlife & Jazz From Young Black London

01    Young Tiger    Calypso Be    2:56
02    Ambrose Campbell    Yolanda    3:14
03    Mona Baptiste    Calypso Blues    2:58
04    West African Rhythm Brothers    Adura    2:53
05    Lord Kitchener    My Wife's Nightie    2:36
06    West African Rhythm Brothers    Ominira    3:12
07    West African Rhythm Brothers    Eroya    2:53
08    Lord Beginner    General Election    2:48
09    Lion    Kalenda March    3:04
10    Tunji Oyelana    Omonike    3:09
11    Shake Keane    Balonga    2:11
12    Timothy King    Gerrard Street    2:37
13    West African Swing Stars    E.T. Mensah's Rolling Ball    2:39
14    Ambrose Campbell    Ashiko Rhythm    4:55
15    West African Swing Stars    Omo Africa    3:24
16    Gwigwi Mrwebi    Nyusamkhaya    3:19
17    Russ Henderson    West Indian Drums    3:10
18    Lord Beginner    Nobody Wants to Grow Old    2:29
19    Rans Boi's Ghana Highlife Band    Gbonimawo    3:05
20    West African Rhythm Brothers    Sing the Blues    2:48

CD3     Ambrose Adekoya Campbell

01    West African Rhythm Brothers    We Have it in Africa    2:20
02    West African Rhythm Brothers    Oba Adele    3:25
03    Nigerian Union Rhythm Group    The Wind in a Frolic    3:25
04    West African Rhythm Brothers    Iku Koni Payin    3:43
05    Ayinde Bakare & His Meranda Or    Ibikunle Alakija    2:35
06    West African Rhythm Brothers    Oma Laso    2:26
07    West African Rhythm Brothers    Calabar-O    3:00
08    West African Rhythm Brothers    Emi Wa Wa Lowo Re    2:47
09    West African Rhythm Brothers    Iwa D'arekere    3:07
10    West African Rhythm Brothers    Ominira    3:01
11    Nigerian Union Rhythm Group    The Memorial of Chief J.K. Ran    2:48
12    West African Rhythm Brothers    Mofi Ajobi Seyin    3:20
13    Nigerian Union Rhythm Group    Unity    2:49
14    Nigerian Union Rhythm Group    Oratido Soso    2:47
15    West African Rhythm Brothers    Ayami    2:22
16    West African Rhythm Brothers    Oba Ademola Ii    3:04
17    West African Rhythm Stars    Late Ojo Davies    3:00
18    West African Rhythm Stars    Geneva Conference    3:07
19    West African Rhythm Brothers    Ele Da Adara    2:44
20    West African Rhythm Brothers    Aye Wa Adara    2:55
21    West African Rhythm Brothers    Lagos Mambo    2:43
22    West African Rhythm Brothers    Odudua    1:56
23    West African Rhythm Brothers    I Am a Stranger    2:48

CD4    African Dreams And The Piccadilly High Life

01    Ginger Folorunso Johnson    Egyptian Bint Al Cha Cha    3:32
02    Young Tiger    African Dream    3:10
03    Dorothy Masuka    Zoo Lake    2:23
04    Lord Kitchener    Rock N Roll Calypso    2:56
05    Eric Hayden    Don't You Go Away    2:18
06    Shake Keane    Mambo Indio    2:38
07    Lord Kitchener    Alphonso in Town    3:21
08    Eric Hayden    Give Her the No. 1    2:41
09    Enoch & Christy Mensah    Dakuku Dum    3:25
10    Dorothy Masuka    Khauleza    2:25
11    Lord Kitchener    Is Trouble    3:34
12    Victor Coker    Ilu Oyinbo Dara    3:03
13    Young Growler    V for Victory    3:11
14    African Messengers    Highlife Piccadilly    3:10
15    Cab Kaye    Everything is Go    3:17
16    Young Tiger    Chicken & Rice    2:51
17    Nat Atkins    Darlin Don't Say No    3:11
18    Lord Kitchener    Piccadilly Folk    2:46
19    Ginger Folorunso Johnson    African Jazz Cha Cha    2:52

CD5    Latin, Jazz, Calypso & Highlife From Young Black London‎

01    Buddy Pipp's Highlifers    Cuban Nightingale    2:26
02    George Browne    Calypso Mambo    2:22
03    Lord Beginner    The Dollar and the Pound    2:59
04    Trinidad - Lord Invader    Goodwood Park    2:55
05    Shake Keane    Trumpet Highlife    2:10
06    West African Rhythm Brothers    Ominira    3:07
07    Caribbean Swing Band    Jordhu    3:49
08    Buddy Pipp's Highlifers    Ghana Special    2:11
09    Lord Kitchener    Cricket Umpires    3:00
10    Lord Kitchener    Kitch's Mambo Calypso    2:54
11    West African Rhythm Brothers    Jekafo Ju Agbawo    3:30
12    Mighty Terror    Patricia Gone With Millicent    2:53
13    Lord Kitchener    My Wife Went Away With Yankee    3:05
14    Quavers    Kitch    2:37
15    Mona Baptiste    Tabu    2:50
16    Lord Kitchener    Jamaica Turkey    3:18
17    Mighty Terror    Women Police in England    2:43
18    Tejan-Sie    King Jimmy Foo Foo    2:57
19    West African Swing Stars    My Sorrow    2:57

CD6    Mento, Calypso, Jazz & Highlife From Young Black London

01    Dizzy Reece    The Escape    1:20
02    Mighty Terror    Life in Britain    2:52
03    Lord Kitchener    Romance on the Queen Mary    2:53
04    Timothy King    Jiu Jitsu Calypso    2:45
05    Buddy Pipp's Highlifers    Sway    2:56
06    Fitzroy Coleman Quintet    Uncle Joe    3:00
07    Lord Beginner    The Joe Louis Calypso    2:34
08    Tony Johnson    Marilyn Monroe Calypso    2:50
09    Lili Verona    Big Instrument    2:45
10    Ginger Johnson    Mambo Contempo    2:21
11    Timothy King    Football Calypso    2:57
12    West African Rhythm Brothers    Asikoloto    3:01
13    Rupert Nurse's Calypso Band    Song of Joy    2:56
14    Buddy Pipp's Highlifers    Positive Action    2:16
15    Tony Johnson    Me Donkey Want Water    3:02
16    Eric Hayden    Belly Lick    2:26
17    Rupert Nurse's Calypso Band    Calypso Rhythm Dance    2:28
18    Buddy Pipp's Highlifers    Prospero    2:36
19    Mighty Terror    The Queen is In    2:46
20    West African Rhythm Brothers    Nigeria Odowoyin    3:31

CD7    Calypso, Mento, Joropo, Steel & String Band

01    Lord Beginner    Sons and Daughters of Africa    2:59
02    Lion    Royal Wedding    2:59
03    Mighty Terror    Hydrogen Bomb    3:10
04    Dai Dai Simba    Modern Telephone    2:30
05    Willie Payne & the Starlite Te    Wa Sise    2:40
06    Mighty Terror    Emperor of Africa    2:38
07    Louise Bennett    Bongo Man    2:26
08    Marie Bryant    My Handy Man    2:39
09    Nigerian Union Rhythm Group    Tortoise Mambo    2:32
10    Calypso Rhythm Kings    Boule Vese    2:19
11    Mighty Terror    Life is Like a Puzzle    2:51
12    Mighty Terror    Chinese Children    2:39
13    Bill Rogers    Hungry Man From Clapham    2:18
14    Lili Verona    Underground Train    3:10
15    Lion    Highway Code    3:10
16    Billy Sholanke    Kana Kana    3:11
17    Calypso Rhythm Kings    L'année Passée    3:15
18    Lord & Lady Beginner    One Morning    3:08
19    West African Rhythm Brothers    D4. West African Rhythm Brothe    2:35
20    Trinidad Steel Band    Caroline    2:11

CD8    Lord Kitchener In England, 1948-1962
01    Lord Kitchener    Carnival Road March    2:56
02    Lord Kitchener    No More Taxi    2:36
03    Lord Kitchener    Mango Tree    2:48
04    Lord Kitchener    Food From the West Indies    2:44
05    Lord Kitchener    Alphonso in Town    3:21
06    Lord Kitchener    Come Back in the Morning    2:38
07    Lord Kitchener    Too Late Kitch    3:05
08    Lord Kitchener    Drink a Rum    2:45
09    Lord Kitchener    Constable Joe    3:07
10    Lord Kitchener    Pirates of Paria    2:38
11    Lord Kitchener    Carnival in Town    2:50
12    Lord Kitchener    Is Trouble    3:34
13    Lord Kitchener    If You Brown    3:11
14    Lord Kitchener    Life Begins at 40    3:10
15    Lord Kitchener    Manchester Football Double    3:16
16    Lord Kitchener    The Denis Compton Calypso    3:07
17    Lord Kitchener    Mistress Jacob    2:54
18    Lord Kitchener    London is the Place for Me    2:47
19    Lord Kitchener    Tie Tongue    3:05
20    Lord Kitchener    Dora (Meet Me at the Pawnshop)    2:47
21    Lord Kitchener    If You're Not White You're Bla    2:53
22    Lord Kitchener    Africa My Home    2:43
23    Lord Kitchener    Nora    2:57
24    Lord Kitchener    Kitch in the Jungle    3:23
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